What is it about sharpened metal quickly and effortlessly slicing paper into tiny particles that gets your blood pumping like there are two minutes left in the 4^th quarter? Most likely a complicated case of deep set emotional issues, but whatever the root cause, you are not alone. In many underpublicized circles across the country, shredding is more of a hobby than means of protecting private, sensitive and/or classified information. Whether satisfying your curiosity just to see if a thick stack will shred or catering to an insatiable desire from within, more paper is wasted per year through meaningless shred-sessions than perhaps the aggregate total of all high school origami clubs. So what about shredding is it that humans are so intrinsically drawn towards? (more…)